It’s going to be a while before anyone lets Christina Aguilera sing in public again — or, until the Grammys this weekend. Despite the fact that the gifted singer had a widely maligned off night in front of more than 100 million people, this is actually not cause for worry…
In January, area singer/songwriter fella Mike Mineo went mobile to really tap into his soulful side up in Nashville. Photographer Alex Markow hopped in the van with Mineo and his brother Johnny for the excursion.The resulting product was a four-track EP, titled B Is the Key, created specially for U.K…
The biggest deal about the New Pornographers releasing a video for “Moves,” the most excellent song off last year’s Together, is exactly that. Not sure why it only gets the video treatment now — unless it’s strictly a product of the 8,034 or so cameos in the clip. This plays…
Not a sports blog, gang. But there were a couple of interesting things that came out of yesterday’s “big game.” One was obviously the photograph of Lil Wayne decked out in green and yellow to support the Packers, who beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in semidramatic fashion and prevented the night…
For those who plan to be in Austin next month, either physically or emotionally, County Grind recently received word that Millionyoung has been invited to showcase at South by Southwest as our cosponsored act. Coral Springs-based Mike Diaz’s shimmering electronic music project has long been a regular discussion topic in…
Everymen’s Show for CowboyPropaganda, Lake WorthFriday, February 4, 2011View a slide show from the concert here.Handmade washboard key chains, washboard T-shirts, and a book signed by too many to count told part of the tale of Friday’s benefit show for critically injured and hospitalized Cowboy, washboard player for area swamp…
Especially with the addition of Collide Factory, the FAT Village Art District is shaping up to be a vibrant magnet for fringe culture in the warehouses located on NW 1st Ave between Sistrunk and NW 5th Street in Fort Lauderdale. At the monthly Art Walk last Saturday night, it was…
No-brainer, folks. Get thee out to Propaganda tonight to support Everymen’s hospitalized washboard player Cowboy. Yesterday, we spoke to Everymen frontman Sergio Witis about how the band’s holding up, and he gave some inspiring words about the love felt within the music community since Cowboy’s accident.Please attend, and give generously…
Definitely check out Frank Alvarado’s excellent interview with 2 Live Crew vet Luther Campbell — a funny, talented guy with a civic mind. On March 15, Miami-Dade County will have a recall vote for present Mayor Carlos Alvarez, and Uncle Luke wants to step in and clean house.Campbell plans to…
Artopia is New Times Broward-Palm Beach’s annual injection of all things cultural and sensational. On February 23, the bold assortment of over-the-top fashion, art, live music, and dancing hits Delray Beach’s Italian restaurant and lounge Il Bacio.Due to the marvelous Deal of the Day, the $20 admission to this hub…
Earlier this week, County Grind reported that Everymen washboard player Cowboy is in the hospital receiving treatment after a serious fall. A benefit concert will be held Friday at Propaganda, and the rest of the band has decided to perform in support of their ailing comrade. Viva Le Vox, Bonnie…
Machines deserve some TLC from time to time, especially if they’re the means for creating music that programs our bodies to shake. Extrapolate that thought to the Digital Love Thursday night party series that begins tonight at Green Room in the Revolution/America’s Backyard complex in downtown Fort Lauderdale.Resident DJs Andie…
Young gouda baby. Lil Wayne goes all in for the Green Bay Packers on his remake of Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow,” which is called “Green and Yellow,” natch. Although he makes it clear that “this ain’t a dis song,” it’s still a magnificent collection of verbiage that Pittsburgh Steelers…
Experiencing Pitchfork’s ultimate fringe music site Altered Zones mirrors much of the music discussed on the site. It’s disorienting, precious, youthful, and insidery. There’s a slight temptation to grumble the way Andy Rooney does on 60 Minutes (“Does anyone even play piano anymore if it isn’t out in the middle…
Let’s get acquainted with Royal Bangs. Not just a great name for a hair salon, this fuzz-rock trio from Knoxville, Tennessee, is coming down to South Florida for gigs at the Vagabond in Miami on February 18 and at Respectable Street on February 19. Given the level of crunchy, fierce…
For all of the bickering that goes on in South Florida, a lot of local musicians unwittingly say the same things as many of their contemporaries. Regardless of the style of music a person plays, for example, a prevailing theme in conversation is, “We’re not all like Rick Ross down…
Hey, anonymous lurkers and proud County Grind readers, we want a lot more of your input. A lot. Here’s a great opportunity to prove how superior your opinion is in several categories relating to our local music scene. Remember the adage that “this is not a popularity contest”? Well, this…
Does anyone love Rush more than the bromantic comedy I Love You, Man’s main characters Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) and Sydney Fife (Jason Segel)? In a new Funny or Die sketch, the pair reprise their roles and dare to bite into Neil Peart’s hallowed sandwich in the band’s green room…
Surfer BloodWith Carnivores, Young Circles, Guy Harvey, Band in Heaven, and the DewarsPropaganda, Lake WorthMonday, January 31, 2011View a slideshow from the concert here.Better than: Finding a really smelly $20 bill.Even if some of the night’s performers were more awake than others, Propaganda’s jam-packed Monday lineup proved to be a…
Now that Ultra Music Festival has announced phase two of its 2011 lineup, maybe a few more of the yearly revelers’ parents will get into the action. New-wave pinnacle act Duran Duran, which will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its self-titled debut later this year, has been added to the…
Everymen’s Sergio Witis speaks about Cowboy here.Word has trickled in that Cowboy, who plays washboard and guitar for local swamp-folk act Everymen, has been hospitalized after a serious fall from a balcony at his home a week ago Sunday.According to friend Cecil Lunsford, who is hosting a benefit at Propaganda…
Nearly impossible to forget about genre-splitting voice of Conor Oberst, but it’s been a while since Bright Eyes was the project mentioned along with him. Last year, an initial track from new album The People’s Key called “Shell Games” started making the rounds, and today the rest of the album…
